2019 TR First Baptist Christmas Musical

Of angel singing. Long before shepherds left their flocks to find a baby in a manger, the prophet Isaiah had foretold the miracle that would happen. He said, Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel.

Every song we sing about his birth celebrates the name that means.

God with us. Silence that lasted 400 years. It was a baby's cry from a manger.

That announced that heaven had sent help to all who would receive. The long-promised.

Holy One of God had come to be our hope and our Messiah. The angel told the.

Shepherds,. A Savior has been born for you in David's city. You'll find him wrapped in cloth and lying in a manger. The world desperately needed saving then, and it still does. So the word Savior has moved hearts down through the centuries.

In the early 1800s, a priest made it the refrain of a tender carol when he wrote,.

Christ, the Savior is born. Christ, the Savior is born. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life, the gate, and the living water, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the lamb of God, and the light of the world, our great high priest, and the good shepherd.

He's the word made flesh, and ultimately, king of kings, and Lord of lords. The message of the angel to the shepherds hasn't changed. A Savior has been born for us. We only need to fall in worship before him.

Trusting and receiving Jesus as Lord and King. Is there a sweeter name to the.

Believers ear than the name of Jesus? It's comfort and healing, glory and majesty. We sing it in praise, and we whisper it in reverence. It's the name we lift up today,.

And the one we'll worship forever. Christmas is an opportunity to remember.

What happened that night long ago. But when the season ends, when the day has passed, when the decorations are stored away for another year, what we have because of Jesus our Messiah burns as bright as ever.

We can have peace with God because the newborn King became the Lamb of Atonement. We can have eternity with Him because the baby in the manger became the resurrection and the life. His coming is a message of heaven's glory for everyone.

It's sad to say, I thought about the musical, and sometimes it tears me up when I think about those years ago, when they were looking, searching diligently for a Messiah, and He was right there in front of their eyes, and they didn't know Him.

I wonder where I would be at that time. Probably right along with them, the same way. From all of us, thank you so much for being here today to show your support for this wonderful project. You enjoyed them.

Did you enjoy them?